Sources_Sought_Questionaire_-Labview_Enterprise_Agreement.doc

Sources Sought Notice LabView Enterprise Agreement Software License in support of the

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport

Instructions to Interested Parties:

This is not a request for proposal and a contract will not be awarded from this questionnaire. We are requesting assistance from commercial industry in the preparation of a Firm-Fixed-Price, Supply and Support Services, Sole Source contract. This market survey is issued to determine if competitive sources capable of satisfying the agency’s requirement exist and whether or not this contract should be sole sourced. The determination to sole source will be based on responses from industry indicating an interest and technical ability to perform the work as described in the Statement of Work. Your answers to the following questions will be used for this determination. Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability and return the completed questionnaire to Mr. Riley Johnson via email. Questions will be submitted via email. Specific company information will be kept confidential and will not be disseminated to the public. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and the Government will not pay for the information submitted in response to this announcement.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 511210 – Software Publishers. The small business size standard is $38.5 million.

Primary Product Service Code: 7030 (Information Technology SOFTWARE)

Work Requirements:

NUWC Keyport has a need for consolidated instances of LabView to bring software up to date and to reduce the cybersecurity risks. An enterprise agreement is necessary to providing commonality across users and systems, maintains software up to date, and provides support and training to application users.

The vendor will provide a local enterprise agreement for unlimited LabView Control Test Plus applications as well as 5 seats of DIAdem Pro, 5 seats of Circuit Design Suite, and 1 Seat of LabView Comms. The enterprise license model will be Guaranteed Ownership, earning 2 licenses per year of the NI Software Platform Bundle. The enterprise agreement will be limited to NUWC Keyport and its detachment locations. Vendor will provide maintenance of original installation base of currently procured licenses.

This contract is anticipated to result in a contract that will be for a base period of one (1) year with four (4) one-year options.

A draft Statement of Work is also attached.

Please return the completed questionnaire via email to the address listed below by the closing date and time of this sources sought event. Submissions will be accepted after the closing date; however, feedback may not be as timely or contribute to Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport strategic planning.

Riley Johnson

Contract Specialist

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport

610 Dowell Street

Keyport, WA 98345-7610

Email: riley.johnson@navy.mil

Responses Company Name

& DUNs Number: FORMTEXT

, Cage Code:

Company Phone: Email, & Fax Number:

Name & Signature:

GENERAL QUESTIONS:

Please check your company’s size and status:

a. Distributor /Dealer/Reseller Manufacturer or

b. Does your company regularly engage in the business of providing the supplies and services described in the work requirements? Regularly is defined as at least 30% of the services performed by your company.

No Yes

c. How long has your company provided these supplies?

d. Please list all current contracts (within the last three years) performed by your company that have the same or similar supplies and services listed under the Work Requirements.

e. Do you deal through Dealers/Distributors or do you prefer to deal with the Government? Gov’t Dealer

1. If you are a Dealer/Distributor are you independent from the OEMs?

2. Yes (Example: if you have reliable access to the OEMs products and can set your own price)

3. No (Example: the OEM has strict control over the resale prices the dealers can charge)

f. If you are a dealer for the actual manufacturer of these items, who is the manufacturer, CAGE code and approximately how many employees does the manufacturer have?

g. Small Business Large or

h. If you are a Small Business, how are you currently classified by the Small Business Administration (SBA)? Please note: This information will be used in determining if the solicitation has a Set-Aside provision.

1. 8(a) Program

2. Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

3. Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)

4. Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB)

5. Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)

6. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

7. HUBZone Small Business

a. HUBZone, Small Disadvantaged, Other Veteran Owned Business

b. HUBZone, Woman Owned, Other Veteran Owned Business

8. Approximately how many employees do you currently have?

9. Do you have a parent company? No Yes

a. Name of your parent company?

b. Approximately how many employees does your parent company have?

i. Should a Request for Proposed (RFP) be issued, the typical timeframe for response to the RFP is 30 days from date of issuance to closing date. Would more days be required to prepare and submit a proposal? If so, how many days? Please note, this information is for market research purposes.

COMMERCIAL QUESTIONS:

Are any of these items Commercial Items per FAR 2.101(b)? No Yes The Government, and the Government only, must determine not only if an item is commercial but also if the commercial prices are Fair and Reasonable. This is usually accomplished through proof that commercial market forces have driven the setting of the commercial price. Such proof would describe the commercial market acceptance of the price or, more plainly, invoices proving that the item has been sold commercially at like prices, for like quantities.

a. Is your company willing and able to provide such proof, if the government determines it is needed to verify price reasonableness: No Yes

b. If yes, are these items Published Catalogs/Price Listed? No Please indicate how we can obtain a copy of this published price list: Yes

c. If No, are these items modified items of a type available in the commercial market place (Meaning these items do not have to be identical, but are closely related)? No Yes

d. If yes, can you provide:

1. UN-REDACTED commercial sales history which is the Governments preferred documentation; No Yes

2. Submit a Complete set of Drawings for this item for review, so that the Government can do an Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE); No Please Note: Your Un-Redacted Invoices and/or your Drawings can be marked “Proprietary and Confidential” as we will only use them for determination for Price reasonableness. They will also be Source Selection Information per FAR 2.101 and 3.104 and will only be used for the Solicitation which will be the result of this Market Research, and will not be published or made public. Yes

3. Listing in catalogs or brochures; No Yes

4. Known established price list to commercial market place; No Yes

5. Availability or announcement to the general public; No Yes NOTE: Without proof of commerciality the project cannot be processed as a commercial procurement (FAR Part 12), but will rather be processed using non-commercial procurement procedures (FAR Part 15).

DELIVERY/FOB POINT QUESTION:

For those items which require FOB Destination basis. Your price would include transportation charges to any location in the United States. Is FOB Destination acceptable? No Yes 3.1.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall include supporting materials that provides a demonstration of your company’s capabilities and experience. The following information is requested (please indicate if the information is an estimate or actual).

a. Capability to accomplish the attached statement of work.

b. List and definition of system interfaces including data description and protocols.

c. Installation and integration requirements including (for software, if applicable) Operating Systems supported and approximate processing characteristics required for host computers.

d. Cost and lead time for system delivery.

e. Cost for hardware maintenance fees (including updates, technical support, etc.).

f. Cost for software licensing fees and associated terms (development, installation, maintenance, etc.)

g. Any additional comments, assumptions, or risks.

3.2.

NUWC Keyport, Division requests your responses by 10:00 am (PDT), on May 14 2019. Submissions will be accepted after this date; however, feedback may not be as timely or contribute to NUWC Keyport’s strategic planning. Information should be e-mailed to riley.johnson@navy.mil. Questions can be submitted electronically to the C/02 representative. Information provided will be treated as “Business Sensitive” and will not be shared outside of Government activities and agencies without the permission of the provider. All information shall be provided free of charge to the Government. NUWC Keyport, Division may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements and may request a presentation and/or a site visit as deemed necessary.